This document provides information to student leaders to prepare them to answer questions during Fall Welcome at Saint Louis University. It summarizes campus resources including student support services, housing, public safety, mail services, financial aid, and more. Key offices and their contact information are highlighted to allow student leaders to direct students to the appropriate campus resources.

2. As a SLUdent leader, you will be asked questions
by parents and students during Fall Welcome.
Hopefully, this presentation will provide you with
some information about campus resources so that
you will be able to give informed answers or refer
people to the appropriate offices or
resources. Some of the
videos are pretty awkward,
but will provide you with
Important information,
and hopefully some
entertainment.
Good Luck!
Fun Facts: Founded in 1818, Saint Louis
University received a formal charter
from the state of Missouri in 1832,
making it the oldest University west of
the Mississippi and the second oldest
Jesuit university in the United States.
SLU also has a campus in Madrid,
Spain, which was the first freestanding
campus operated by an American
University in Europe.
The Billiken brings you good luck if you
buy one, receive one as a gift, you
rub its belly, and there is a Billiken-
themed theme park in Japan!

3. More than 80 public safety officers patrol all Saint Louis
University property located in St. Louis City: on
foot, bicycles, golf carts, T-3s, and in DPS squad cars.
• Who do you call? 314-977-3000
• Services:
– Lost and Found
– Patrols
– SLU Ride, Safety escorts & rides
• Some of the ways DPS patrol officers make campus safe:
– Regularly checking buildings, garages and outdoor parking lots
– Patrolling the outer edges of campus, including the Grand
Avenue bus stops
– Opening and closing campus offices and classrooms
– Responding to and investigating criminal incidents
– Reporting safety and security hazards

4. SLU Ride provides safety escorts to ensure that students can move safely
around campus. Escorts are provided using University vehicles, and
walking escorts are available for shorter distances.
• To request an escort, call 314-977-RIDE (314-977-7433)
• When you call for the escort, provide the following information: your
name, phone number, location, destination and the number of riders.
• Generally, SLU Ride operates:
– Monday through Wednesday –
6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
– Thursday - 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
– Friday - 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
– Saturday - 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
– Sunday - 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m
– When SLU Ride is not open, DPS will be
available to provide escorts
• sluride@slu.edu

5. Are you expecting a package? Located in BSC
131, Student Mail Services offers everything for
your postal needs. This is where you will set up
your on-campus mailbox, send a package or
buy stamps.
• Mailing address format
– Student Name
MSC #
Busch Student Center
20 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103

6. The Office of Housing
and Residence Life
(HRL) is located in
Brown Hall of the
Village and is open
M-F (8:30-5:00).
Contact HRL at
•314-977-2811
•reslife@slu.edu
Fun Facts: 90% of first-year
students live on campus and SLU
houses about 3,900 students
[Unrelated] Fun Fact: Chaifetz
Arena has 10,600 seats and 12
private suites

7. RHC: Residence Hall Coordinator
– Professional live-in staff; in charge of halls
AHC: Assistant Hall Coordinator
– Student staff; in charge of keys and desks
RA: Resident Advisor
– Student staff; live on each floor as peer
educators

8. We are also SLUper
excited to welcome the
new director of
HRL, Melinda Pullen
Carlson!
Myrinda Grantham & Sean Watson
Griesedieck RHC’s
Brigid Welch& Asia Smith
Reinert RHC’s
Andrea Gruger
Marchetti RHC
Ashley Lang
Village RHC
LaTrina Parker
Flats RHC
TBA
Fusz RHC
TBA
DeMatt RHC
Andrea Sisney
Pruellage RHC
Charles Stephens
Marguerite RHC
Brian Long
Grand Forest RHC
Dawn Adrich
Associate
Director
Danielle Nied
Assistant Director
Jason Amezcua
Assistant Director
Lisa Grubbs
Assistant Director

9. It's a basic truth - when you feel well physically and mentally, you
function well. Unfortunately, things don't always go as smoothly
as you would like. Little things (and sometimes big ones) can get
in the way of taking care of yourself and doing well. This makes it
difficult to do and feel your best.
Student Health and Counseling Services provides medical
treatment, psychological counseling, and outpatient services as
well as a variety of educational programs for all Saint Louis
University full-time, part-time, and graduate students. All services
are confidential, and the Counseling Center offers both Group
and Individual Counseling. Both facilities are located in
Marchetti East, and can be reached at 314-977-2323 or
shc@slu.edu.
• Student Health Website
• Student Counseling Website

10. The Student Tech Services Center (TSC) is a conveniently located branch of the
Information Technology Services division, created to meet student technical needs. The
TSC offers the following amenities:
• Open access computers,including Macs and PCs
• Billiken Print station which provides printing and copying
• Technical Support, including SLUnet wireless, Anti-virus, and mySLU setup
The TSC provides support for you via telephone, e-mail, walk-in and Google Chat. We
can be reached by calling 977-4000, extension 2, or email/chat
atstudentservicedesk@slu.edu.
• To contact the BSC-TSC please call 314-977-2522, visit BSC Room 137, or
email studentservicedesk@slu.edu
The center is staffed by two full-time ITS employees and a talented group of student
interns, click here to meet the staff. The staff is considered the The Student Service
Desk, which provides technical support services for our student body. For more
information the services provided, please check out ourTechnical Support Page.
• ITS help will be available in each residence hall during move-in
• Student Service Desk Open
– Monday (8/19) – Thursday (8/22) 8 am – 10 pm
– Friday (8/23) 8 am – 3 pm
– Saturday (8/24) 12 – 5 pm
– Sunday (8/25) 2 – 10 pm
• Find ITS on Facebook!

11. – Adding and Dropping Courses
• 8/26-8/30 (first week): Add/drop classes online
• 9/2-9/6 (second week): Instructor’s signature
required to add/drop classes; Add/drop forms
available at registrar’s office in Dubourg 22
– Hours during Fall Welcome
• Saturday 8/24 from 9-2
• M-W (8/26-8/28) 8- 5:30
• General Hours: M-F 8-5, W open until 5:30
– For enrollment certification: go to office and
sign a student release waiver
– Transferring in credits goes through individual
departments

12. Student Financial Services, located in Dubourg 121
offers students and families information about
scholarships, loans, Federal Work Study (FWS), and
other financial needs and services. Currently 86% of
our student body receives some form of scholarship
and/or loans. To speak to a financial aid counselor,
email SFP@slu.edu, call (314) 977-2350 or visit the
office during walk-in hours:
(M-F 8:30-5:00, Wednesdays open until 5:30)
•Website: http://www.slu.edu/x21861.xml
•SLU FAFSA Code: 002506

13. Parking and Card Services
If you need to pick up an ID card, buy a parking tag, or change your meal
plan, Parking and Card Services in Dubourg 33 is the place for you.
Here you can also add Flex dollars and Billiken Bucks, appeal a parking ticket,
or replace your lost or stolen ID (it costs $25, so don’t lose it to start with !)

14. • Student Success Center
Services:
– Academic Support
• Writing Center
• Tutoring Services
– Major Exploration
– Career Services
– Disability Services
• Locations
– Frost Campus
• BSC 331
– Med Campus
• School of Nursing 114

15. Student Educational Services
(SES) is located in O’Brien
Hall, right next to Pruellage
on West Pine Mall. The office
is dedicated to the
recruitment, retention and
graduation of diverse
student populations,
especially first-generation
college students. SES serves
students in the Billiken Bridges
to Success and TRiO
programs.

16. • The Billiken Bridge to Success Program (BBS) is an intensive, three-week academic
experience for students conditionally admitted to Saint Louis University. It is a
highly selective opportunity offered to less than 15% of prospective
applicants. Approximately 30 freshman attend BBS each year. As a summer bridge
program, it accelerates students' transition into SLU. Through courses, service and
community building, students hone academic skills, develop self-awareness and
learn teamwork and other skills critical for success. Aslo, BBS functions as the first
module of intentional programming that continues through the first year.
• The federal TRiO programs are educational opportunity programs that motivate
and serve low-income, first-generation college students and students with
disabilities as they progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to
graduate school. TRiO also trains directors and staff of TRiO projects and runs a
dissemination partnership program to encourage the replication or adaptation of
successful TRiO projects at institutions that do not have TRiO grants.
• For more information, visit the Student Educational Services website

17. • BEST OFFICE EVER (BSC 319)
• Main functional areas:
• 1st year experience
– Slu 101 and Fall Welcome
– Learning Communities (LC’s) & First-year Interest Groups (FIG’s)
– 1st year summer reading program
– Student organization support—submit events, get posters
approved
– SLU Fair
– U101
• Sophomore-Junior experience
• Senior year experience
• Servant Leadership Programs
• Greek life
• Contact: Involvement@slu.edu or 314 977-2805

18. • Learning Communities are intentional, inSLUsive communities
formed around common themes where students live and
learn together.
• First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) are groups of 1-4 courses that
students within Learning Communities can take together during
their fall semester. On average, 20-22 first-year students are
assigned to a FIG within the same Learning Community.
• Learning Communities (LCs) are a residential experience that
provides students an opportunity to live together centered on one
common interest on one or more floors. Each LC has anywhere
from one to four FIGs within the community. The FIG is an
additional opportunity to the LC experience for students within the
LC to take some of their fall classes together.

19. Fraternities and sororities have been a part of campus life at
Saint Louis University since the early 1900's. Membership has
grown steadily and today over 1,300 men and women (15% of
the undergraduate population) belong to 15 different chapters.
Greek-affiliated students can choose to live in DeMattias
Hall, which houses SLU’s 18 fraternities and sororities and has
chapter rooms in the basement. More than just social
groups, fraternities and sororities are values-based organizations
that seek to develop better men and women. For all the
information you will need to know about going Greek at
SLU, visit gogreek.slu.edu.
Panhellenic Sorority Formal Recruitment: Sept 6-9
IFC Fraternity Rush: Sept 9-13
Multicultural Greek Organization Meet & Greet: Sept 29, BSC 253
Hazing: Saint Louis University has a strict anti-hazing
policy, as do each of the fraternities and sororities
affiliated with the university.
Disaffiliation: Student leaders are required to
disaffiliate during Fall Welcome. Dis-affiliation is
important to promote going Greek as a whole and
not to promote any specific chapter over another.

20. The newly renovated Bauman-Eberhart Center, or West Pine
Gym, in addition to Des Peres Hall make up the Center for Global
Citizenship. Inside the newly renovated building is an open
auditorium, with meeting spaces and a café where students can
buy coffee and light refreshments while socializing or study.
Bauman-Eberhart is the home of the Cross Cultural Center, Center
for Services and Community Engagement, and student
organization offices. Des Peres Hall houses the offices for
International Services, Study Abroad, and the English as a Second
Language (ESL) Program, and both buildings display the flags of all
the countries that SLU students call home on their rooftops.
A “SLU” of fun facts: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in
the West Pine Gym in 1964 with a speech entitled His
speech, entitled "The Future of Integration―, and was
the first lecture in SLU's Great Issues series. Dr. King
also gave a press conference in the Knights Room of
Pius library. West Pine Gym was last used for a
Women’s basketball game in 2004.

21. The Saint Louis University Center for Service and Community
Engagement creates a coordinated interface between the University and
the urban communities that surround it, seeking ultimately to prepare
participants to be effective servant leaders and agents for social
change, as well as to foster the creation of a just and equitable society by
supporting efforts of students, faculty, and staff in the areas of community
service, service learning, academic research, and community partnerships.
The Center for Service and Community Engagement serves the entire SLU
campus as a clearinghouse and consultants for:
• Service (one-time or continuous) opportunities for students, faculty, staff
and alumni.
• Academic learning and community engagement.
• Research to identify strategies that will enhance a just and equitable
society.
Make a Difference Day is a SLU tradition and the largest day of service of
the year! Last year over 3,300 students, faculty, and staff volunteered at
136 sites across the St. Louis area. This year, MADD will be on
Saturday, October 26, so save the date!

22. Center Staff (from left):
• Justin Vilbig, Program Assistant
• Bryan Sokol, Ph.D., Director
• Leah Sweetman, Ph.D., Assistant
Director
• Bobby Wassel, Assistant Director
• James Hillis, Service and Justice Coordinator
• To learn more about the staff, click here

23. With a spirit of cura personalis, or
care for the whole person, the
Department of Campus Ministry
offers opportunities for cultivating
an informed faith, a commitment
to social justice, and an
integrated way of life. Campus
Ministry welcomes and serves
students of all religious
backgrounds and traditions.
Each Sunday, student-led masses
in St. Xavier College Church
begin at 4:30 and 9:00 and are
open to all SLUdents. The first
mass of the year is a campus
tradition followed by Ted Drewes!

24. With state-of-the art facilities, both indoor and outdoor
pools, basketball and racquetball courts, a rock climbing
wall, juice bar, and more, the Simon Rec Center (SRC) has
something for everyone’s fitness needs. Simon Rec also
facilitates over 35 club sports and several intramural
leagues. If you’re not into team sports, the Rec also offers a
range of fitness classes, as well as personal training.
Important Dates:
Free fitness classes week of Aug 26
Intramural deadline Sept 6
Register for Intramurals online, or pick
up a form from the SRC
Fun Fact: Both STL native rapper Nelly
and basketball player Michael Jordan
have been in the SRC facilities.

25. CONGRATULATIONS!
You made it to the
end of the
presentation!
If you have any
questions please
contact your
friendly neighborhood
Spiderman
position supervisor
or advisor
LC Mentors:
•Kaleigh Mrowka (kmrowka@slu.edu)
Transfer Mentors:
•Greg Lucsko (glucsko@slu.edu)
Commuter Assistants:
•Natalie Stone (nstone3@slu.edu)
Oriflamme:
•Ana Sontag (asontag1@slu.edu)